KNOXVILLE -- Jonathan Crompton and Wes Brown were talking about their final night inside Neyland Stadium a few days ago, a couple of Tennessee seniors looking ahead to their last home football game against Vanderbilt.
The roller coaster that has been year one of the Lane Kiffin Era at the University of Tennessee was forever changed Thursday morning. Three freshmen, one brandishing a pellet gun, awkwardly attempting a heist of what ultimately would have yielded just a cheeseburger has become the focal moment of this season.
KNOXVILLE -- You always want to win your homecoming game. Especially when you're a first-year coach replacing an alum who was something of a legend and not exactly happy to no longer be in charge.
KNOXVILLE — Lane Kiffin looked around the media room following Tennessee’s 31-13 victory over No. 21 South Carolina late Saturday night. It was still officially Halloween, at least for a few more minutes. America’s clocks were about to fall back. The final third of UT’s season was about to move forward.
KNOXVILLE — Like any sensible 9-year-old, Matthew Grim watched the opening kickoff of Saturday night’s South Carolina-Tennessee game from the closed comfort of Neyland Stadium’s press box rather than outside in the cold rain.
You think Southeastern Conference Bylaw 10.5.4 hasn't been texting and tweeting Lil Lane Kiffin all week, showering him with candy, nuts, flowers, Get Out of Jail (Almost?) Free cards?
KNOXVILLE — I exchanged question-and-answer blogs this week with Seth Emerson, who covers South Carolina football and men’s basketball for The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The human mountain Terrence Cody stood atop Bryant-Denny Stadium's field early Saturday evening, salty tears streaming down his face, his 354-pound body shaking with both joy and
Lane Kiffin has talked, recruited and even occasionally coached his way into the headlines. Most of this was part of his plan in his first year as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee.
Tyler Smith was never going to be a University of Tennessee basketball lifer. Not with one of the most versatile skill sets in the Southeastern Conference. Not with AAU buddies such as Thaddeus Young, Corey Brewer and Jamont Gordon already playing for pay.
KNOXVILLE -- Here came Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton, running briskly toward Neyland Stadium's north end-zone stands -- running toward his parents, David and Janet.
Five games into a college football season you want more answers than questions. You want to know -- not think, KNOW -- your strengths ... and your weaknesses. You want to know -- not think, KNOW -- the players you can count on ... and those you can't.